Pro-abortion Group Waves Bloody Hangers Outside Austin Courthouse
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Petersburg and her group made quite the scene in Austin, Texas Wednesday when they gathered outside a federal courthouse to protest the pro-life bill HB2. Governor Rick Perry signed this legislation into law last summer and it has since shuttered over a dozen abortion clinics in the state after they failed to meet the same standards as ambulatory surgical centers. Since its passage, pro-choice advocates have used rather unorthodox tactics to voice their opposition. “Stop Patriarchy,” however, took their protests to an egregious level:
They were cloaked in black chains, holding bloody clothes hangers and chanting, “Abortion on demand without apology!” Protesting outside the Austin federal courthouse during the trial to overturn Texas’ abortion law last week, members of the national abortion rights group Stop Patri-archy likened forced motherhood – that is, no access to abortion care – to female enslavement. The fiery rhetoric and dramatic display caught the eyes of local TV news – one newscast reported, “Those orange shirts were back to protest the law.”
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